ABBEVILLE [AP] — The Vermilion Parish Police Jury has delayed action to donate 10 acres near Gueydan to the Duck Festival.
Attorney Paul Moresi made the recommendation Tuesday after a state attorney general’s opinion said the property could not be donated to the festival without a value being placed on the property and the parish being compensated in some manner.
The property was originally owned by the Atlantic Richfield Company before being donated to the parish.
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The police jury allowed the Duck Festival use of the land after it moved the festival out of Gueydan; it decided to donate the property to the festival before the opinion delayed the move.
